What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81966 and 81979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81966 and 81979 is 1.

GCF(81966,81979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81966 and 81979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81966 and 81979.

How to find the GCF of 81966 and 81979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81966 and 81979. After we will calculate the factors of 81966 and 81979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81966

Prime factors of 81966 are 2, 3, 19, 719. Prime factorization of 81966 in exponential form is:

81966 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 719¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81979

Prime factors of 81979 are 73, 1123. Prime factorization of 81979 in exponential form is:

81979 = 73¹ × 1123¹

Step-3: Factors of 81966

List of positive integer factors of 81966 that divides 81966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 719, 1438, 2157, 4314, 13661, 27322, 40983

Step-4: Factors of 81979

List of positive integer factors of 81979 that divides 81966 without a remainder.

1, 73, 1123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81966 and 81979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81966 and 81979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 81966 and 81979